Thank you to everyone who sent this trailer to me. I appreciate the thought.
It looks like James Cameron is doing his once a decade movie effects revolution. He pops up, makes a movie, pushes the technology and standards up, then disappears for 10 more years.
I’m not sure what this movie is about, but it looks beautiful. Make sure you watch this one in HD.
This could end up being more entertaining and memorable than the actual movie:
This trailer looks even more impressive than the previous ones.
It seems that the release date has been bumped up to August 25th. I don’t have to tell you what my plans for that evening are do I?
Here’s a look at the next DC comics animated movie.
I hope that it is on par with the recent Wonder Woman movie.
I loved this book as a child!
I picked up Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter/ Under the Hood and watched it this evening.
Honestly, I just cannot recommend this DVD.
First, Tales of the Black Freighter is 26 minutes long, and Under the Hood runs 38 minutes. There isn’t a lot of content on this disc and it costs anywhere between $13 and $21 depending on where you get it. That’s a lot of money for a little bit of content.
The second problem is that Tales of the Black Freighter is a comic within a comic in Watchmen. It runs concurrently with the main story of the Watchmen. Divorcing Tales of the Black Freighter from the main story just didn’t work for me. It felt hollow.
I enjoyed Under the Hood, but I am a comic historian and I love the back story that Alan Moore built for the Minutemen. The manner in which it parallels the real history and development of super hero comics from the 1930s through the 1960s is damn cool.
At the end of the day, if you are looking to experience the full story of the Watchmen, read the book – It is a better, more complete experience.
The Watchmen graphic novel includes a number of things that the movie does not. One is literally a comic within the comic called, Tales of the Black Freighter. In Watchmen, there is a kid reading the comic throughout the story. The Tales of the Black Freighter story should be told concurrently with the story of the Watchmen, but that isn’t really an option now is it?
There is a Tales of the Black Freighter animated movie that will be on sale starting March 24. Here is a trailer for it:
Additionally, the DVD will feature the stories from Under the Hood. Under the Hood is the tell-all book written about the first generation of costumed heroes written by the elder Night-Owl, Hollis Mason. Segments of the book are included at the end of some of the chapters of the Watchmen graphic novel. I am not sure what they will do with Under the Hood in the movie, but I am really curious to see it.
You can expect a review in a couple of weeks.
During the trailers before Watchmen, viewers are being treated to a new Terminator Salvation preview.
The trailer showcases what I suspect will be some very interesting plot points:
I am really looking forward to seeing this movie.
I really wanted to write about “Privacy Mode” tonight, but I’m just too tired. I will post about it tomorrow.
For now, I leave you with an action packed trailer for the upcoming Wolverine movie. I’m not sure if it will be good, but based on the trailer, I’m confident it will have some good fight scenes.
Back tomorrow with more substance.
Heroes has been weak, this season, but Terminator the Sarah Connor Chronicles has been amazing.
With rare exception, each episode has been a unique, thrilling adventure with great dialog and character development. The writers are creative, steering clear of the sci-fi clichés that Heroes keeps crashing headfirst into, and the acting has been incredibly believable.
With this in mind, I ask that if you enjoy some good sci-fi, you should check Terminator out. Its ratings have been a bit iffy and I would be truly bummed if Sarah Connor Chronicles went the way of Firefly (expect a post on the awesomeness that was Firefly).
In other Terminator related news, a new trailer for the upcoming Terminator Salvation staring none other than Batman’s Christian Bale is out, have a look:
Terminator Salvation is expected in theaters on May 22, 2009.
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